The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-01-06
SIN AND DEATH.
International sunday-school Lseeoa for
January ., 1887.


any beast of the field which the Lord God had
made. And he said unto the woman: Yea,
hath God said: Ye shall not cot Of every tree OF
the gardens
9. And the woman said unto the serpent: We
may eat Of the fruit Of tho trees OF the garden;
8. But Of the fruit OF the tree which "a In the
midst Of the garden, God hath said: Ye shall
not cat Of 1t, neither shall ye touch II, lest ye
die.
l. And the serpent said unto the woman: Ye
shall not surely die;
g. For God doth know that in the day ye eat
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and
ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
g. And when the woman saw that the tree ,pds
good for food, and that It ods pleasant to the
eyes, and q tree TO be desired to make one wise,
she took of the fruit thereof, and did cot, and
gave also unto her husband with her; and he did
eat.
H. And unto Adam He said Because thou
hast hearkencd unto the voice Of thy wife. and
hast eaten Of the tree, Of which commanded
thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat Of It; cursed 70
the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou
eat of 1t oil the days Of thy life.
18. Thorns also and thistles shall II bring
forth TO thee; and thou shalt cot the herb Of
10. In the sweat Of thy face shalt thou eat
bread, till thou return unto the ground for out
Of 1t vast thou taken; for dust thou an, and
unto dust shalt thou return.
New TESTAMENT TEXT, the Temptation Of
Jesus-Matt 4:1-11.
TrME-B c. 1904 Soon after the erea-
ton Of Adam and Eve.
PLAcE-The Garden Of Eden, probably
somewhere in the large district through
which the Euphrates flows.
NAN IN EDEN-Innocent, perfect, but in
experienced, not cultured or civilized out
wardly.
TREE OF LIFE-Probably tree by whose
qualities the body was to be preserved from
decay, and accidental injuries be healed; Q
type Of immortality.
TREE OF THE KNowLEDGE OF Coon AND
EvIL-Not tho tree Of knowledge in gen.
eral, but the test-tree, by which Adam
would gain the knowledge Of good and evil.
1t was not to make him fall, but to make
him good by choosing to obey. God meant
him to know good and evil by experiencing
the good, and to know evil by contrast. He
chose to know them by experiencing the
evil, and learning good by contrast.
HELPS OVER HARD PLACEs-1. The serpent:
q real serpent, but used by Satan, who Is
the great serpent-the dragon. Subtle;
crafty, cunning, tricky, and hence used by
Satan.
TEMrrArroN-UD It was impossible for
Adam to ha re bcen developed in character
without temptation. (2) The tempter was
not allowed 10 come in order to make him
fall, but to enable him to resist. (3) The
tempter was not allowed to come in his own
form, nor as an angel of light, but only as
beast, to make the trial as light as possi-
BILE. (4) He neither threatens nor per-
suades nor compels, but only misrepresents
that as to which Adam and Eve knew the
exact truth from Gods own words. s. Lest
ye die: body and soul Death began the
moment they disobeyed; they were shut
| out from the tree Of life, and so in their
hodioa ~ ~
sin is spiritual death. 4. Ye shall not surely
de: Satan first planted doubt of Gods
| goodness; now he denies his truth. s. Your
eyes shall be opened: to SOC things now wholly
hidden from them. 3. az gods: angels, or
as God. The holy beings they had had COM
munion with. Knoving good and eva: they
understood the knowledge Of good by ex-
periencing it; he knew it would be by los
ing 1t.
the FIRST LIE. u) 1t was against Gods
word. (2) 1t was clothed in q form
truth. A lie sugar-coated with truth
is tho worst Of lies (9 It was
malignant a. 1t brought great evil
in its train. (5) It was the parent of
q multitude Of lies II. In sorrow Tor In toi)
.hal thou eat Of Il: I. e., the wilds outside Of
Eden, whittier they were driven. IS. Thorns
and DtistleE these would grow naturally, and
good fruit could be had only by toll. 10. Dust
thou art. his body was made of dust. Unto
dust shalt MoM return: instead Of being i'm.
mortal or transformed, as were the bodies
Of Enoch and Elijah in ascending to
Heaven.
The FALL l. Adam and E,e fell from, (l)
state of innocence; (2) from communion
with God and holy beings; (3) from clear
conscience and undefiled moral nature; ~
from happiness; (5) from being obedient
children and heirs of God; 6) from the
kingdom of God; (O from spiritual and
eternal life; (S) from bodily life and
health; (O from the hope Of immortal life.
II. They tel TO O spiritual death; (2) bod
lily sickness and death; (O to guilt; ~ to a
defiled moral nature; (0 to misery; (6) to
the kingdom Of Satan; a. to o state o Z
eternal punishment and death; G) to the
detilement and injury Of the whole race.
GOLDEN TExT-By one man sin en- tered
into the world, and death by sin.-Rom.
6:12.
CENTRAL TRUrH-Paradise lost by sin.
NEW TESTAMENT LIGur ON OLD TESLA
MENr THEMEs-How was Jesus tempted
Matt. 4:1-ll.) In what part Of His min.
istryl How did He resist the dewitt How
was Moses tempted (Heb. II: 24-21) Are
we tempted in the same waya Give exam.
pies. Why does God permit US to be
| tcLipVcuf (JaucS IL ! Iot. 1s(s olSu
Deut. S:2) How can we gain the victory
(Eph. 8; 10-18)
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
l. God has done all that is possible fol
the happiness Of man.
Q. But there are limits and laws, to break
over which Is to lose paradise.
8. Life is probation as we'll as an edu.
cation, not 10 make us fall, but to form and
strengthen character.
1. Satan does not come In his own form
but under the guise Of innocence and priv
ilege
s. The worst of lies are those clothed in
the form Of truth.
6. The true way to become like God il x
resist temptation and to know Jesui
Christ.
z. Sin makes us afraid Of God.
8. No one can sin and yet live in paradise
Sin drives from every paradise.
.. Circumstances do not compel us to sin
Christ resisted Satan in the wilderness
while Adam fell in Eden.
10 God calls after the lost, and, while hs
punishes, seeks to restore.
| -
THERE Is nothing preferable to tho re
membrance Of good actica, except the in
tention OF doing o better.-AnOn.
On every road since railway trains
to turn their wheels began, ut every
station you will see solitary man.
His brow is damp with beaded sweat,
| his heart with woe ia cleft. most ear